Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
W. EDWARDS DEMINGThe result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.
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So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster.
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If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.
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Profit in business comes from repeat customers.
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Export anything to a friendly country except American management.
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If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance.
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I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years.
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Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!
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A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he’s put in charge anyway.
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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition.
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All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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No one knows the cost of a defective product – don’t tell me you do.
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